MOSCOW: Russia today reported 9,328 new Covid-19 cases, including 3,573 in Moscow, taking the national infection tally to 4,949 573.
The coronavirus taskforce said 340 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes, taking its death toll to 116,211. The state statistics agency keeps a separate tally and has said it recorded around 250,000 deaths related to Covid-19 between April 2020 and March 2021.